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DOOR HANGER,-

No. 530,866. Patented D50. 4, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

ALBERT- 0. THORNTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 530,366, dated December4, 1894.

Application filed June 28, 1894; Serial No. 516,007. (No model.)

To all whom it concern): Be it known that I, ALBERT O. THORNTON,

ful Door-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

Thisinvention relates to an improvement in that class of doorhangers'wherein means are provided for mounting the door upon rollers orcarrying-wheels, so that it will be capable of easy movement towardorfrom the opening bounded by the door-frame; and the invention consistsin certain-improvements in the construction of these devices, wherebythey are made capable of application to both the bottom and top of adoor.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevation ofthe lower portion of a door having my improvements applied thereto; Fig.2, a similar view of the upper portion of a door having my improvementsapplied; Fig. 8, an end elevation of the hanger, showing it detachedfrom the door; Fig. 4, a plan view; Fig. 5, a front elevation; Fig. 6, across-section of one of the wheels; Fig. 7, a view of one of theextension rods which has a hereinafter described purpose; Fig. 8, avertical sectionof the hanger, taken midway its ends and looking towardone of the same.

The hanger is formed, preferably, of cast iron and with a rear plate orportion 1, which has formed integral therewith, and at its ends, thedownwardly-extending plates 2, each having the vertically-elongatedslots 3 therein. By means of these slots the plates 2, and consequentlythe hanger, are secured to the door in a way which will render thehanger capable of adjustment to compensate for the shrinkage of thetimbers. The rear plate 1 is provided on its upper edge with theshoulders 4:, which lie one at each endof the depressed portion or track5. Upon this track one trunnion of the carrying-wheel is adapted tomove, while the purpose of the shoulders is to limit the movementsthereof. Formedin the lower edge of the plate 1,and vertically alignedwith the track 5, is the track 6, which is bounded by the shoulders 7,similar in function and construction to the shoulders 4: of the upperedge. Formed with the ends ot'the rear plate 1, and projecting forwardlytherefrom, is the citizen of the United States, residing at Frovidence,in the countyof Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented anew and use-l front plate '8, which extends parallel with the plate 1,and which is joined thereto by the lateral sections 9, which project outfrom said plate and are formed integral with the ends of the plate 8.

The lateral sections .9 are provided with downwardly and inwardlyextending curved brackets 10, which operate to brace and strengthen thesections 9, while the plate 8 is strengthenedby the rib 11, whichextends longitudinally throughout its length, and which curvesrearwardly with the sections 9and terminates directly adjacent to therear plate 1. The upper edge of the plate 8 is horizontally aligned withthe upper edge of the plate 1, and is provided with the depression ortrack 12, bounded by the shoulders 13, arranged one at each end of thetrack 12.. The track 12 is laterally aligned with the track 5, while theshoulders 13 are similarly related to the shoulders 4. Thus it will beseen that there are provided two tracks upon which the ends of thecarrying-wheel trunnion may respectively travel, while the body of thewheel is received within the space between the plates 1 and 8.

The lower edge of the plate 8 is formed with the track 14 thereon, whichis similar to the remaining tracks of the hanger, and which has its endsterminating in the shoulders 15. The track 14 and its shoulders 15 arelaterally aligned with the track 6 and shoulders 7, so that the tracks 6and 14 will be capable; as are the tracks'12 and 5, of mounting acarryingwheel. Thus it will be seen that the hanger is adapted for useeither at the top or bottom of a door, and this use is illustrated inFigs. 1 and '2 of the drawings. Thus, in Fig. l the hanger is shown usedat the lower end of a door, and when so operating the plates 2 are'secured by screws 16, so that the tracks 5 and 12 will be arranged adjacentto the floor.

The wheels, numbered 17, are now placed upon a suitable track or way andso that their trunnions will respectively bear upon the tracks 5 and 12,thereby supportingthe door and giving the wheels a rolling bearingthereon. In Fig. 2, the arrangment is reversed. The wheels are mountedupon an elevated track or guide 19, and the hangers are so disposed thatthe trunnions 18 will bear upon the tracks 6 and 1 1 respectively.

In using the hanger with the upper end of a door, the extension rods orplates of Fig. 7 will be found convenient, indeed necessary. Theseconsist of metallic plates provided with the bolt-openings 20, throughwhich the bolts 16 and 21 pass. The bolts 16 are used for securing thehangers to the door, while the bolts 21 pass through the openings 3 ofthe plates 2, thereby projecting or extending the hanger beyond theupper edge of the door The wheels 17 may be of any suitable or ap--proved construction, and I prefer that shown in Fig. 6. Here thetrunnions are formed by passing a single bar axially through the wheeland allowing its ends to project outwardly therefrom, as will beunderstood.

It will be observed that the essential feature of my invention lies inthose structural features which make it capable of reversal.

In applying the hanger to the lower end of a door the front plate, orthe plate 8, is arranged on the outer side, while in applying thedevices to the upper portion of a door the arrangement is reversed, andthe rear plate, or the plate 1, is arranged on the outside. It willtherefore be understood that the terms front and rear, as used inconnection with the plates 1 and 8, are not taken in their literal 3osense, but rather in their figurative sense.

Having described my invention, I claim- A door hanger comprising in itsconstruction a rear plate having vertically-aligned tracks in its upperand lower edges, said tracks terminating at each end invertically-aligned sponding shoulders on the rear plate, substantiallyas described. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT O. THORNTON.

Witnesses:

HERBERT B. W001), WILLIAM FITCH.

